Raven Banner has picked up international sales rights to Mike Cheslik’s fantasy comedy Hundreds Of Beavers, which had its Canadian premiere last week in the Underground section of Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
The film, Cheslik’s feature directing debut, is a dialogue-free homage to silent cinema about a drunken nineteenth century cider salesman whose stock is ruined by hungry beavers and tries to recover his fortune by becoming North America’s greatest fur trapper.
Ryland brickson Cole Tews co-wrote and starred in the script along with Mike Cheslik. The film was screened at several festivals including the Sitges Film & Creativity Festival, Night Visions, Cinequest Film & Creativity and Atlanta. It had its world premier at Fantastic Fest last year in Texas.
Hundreds of
Of Beavers won the best narrative feature award at the Kansas City Film Festival International, the Wyoming International Film Festival, and Cheslik was awarded the best director at the Wyoming and Phoenix Festivals.
